Susan Sarandon Biography

Susan Sarandon (born on October 4, 1946) is an Academy
Award-winning American actress.

Biography

Susan Sarandon was born Susan Abigail Tomalin in New York
City to Phillip Leslie Tomalin (who had Irish, Welsh and English
ancestry) and Italian-born Lenora Marie Criscione. Susan
grew up in a large Catholic family of nine children . She
graduated Edison High School in 1964, and then attended The
Catholic University of America from 1964 to 1968 where she
attained a BA in Drama.

In 1969, Susan Sarandon went to a casting call for the film Joe
with her then husband Chris Sarandon; although he did not get a
part, she received the major role of the disaffected teen who
disappears into the seedy underworld (the film was released in
1970). Susan didn't follow up on the success of that movie,
taking roles in lesser films such as Lovin' Molly; it was five
more years before she appeared in The Rocky Horror Picture Show,
a cult classic. That same year, she also played the female lead
in The Great Waldo Pepper, opposite Robert Redford. Susan was
nominated for an Oscar in 1980 for Atlantic City, but was still
not a "household name" until the 1988 film Bull Durham.

Susan will appear in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons as
herself, which will air in spring 2006; she's appeared on the
show once before as a ballet teacher. She has also made
appearances on the shows Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Mad TV,
Chappelle's
Show, and Rescue Me.

Susan Sarandon was attacked for speaking out against the 2003
invasion of Iraq, and has confirmed that she would play "peace
mom" Cindy Sheehan in an upcoming movie.

In 1967 while in college, Sarandon met and married fellow
student Chris Sarandon; They divorced in 1979 and she retained
her married name as her stage name. In the mid-1980s, she dated
actor Franco Amurri, with whom she had a daughter, actress Eva
Amurri (born 1985).

Since 1988, Sarandon has been in a relationship with actor Tim
Robbins, whom she met while filming Bull Durham. The couple have
two children: Jack Henry (born 1989) and Miles Guthrie (born
1992). She and Robbins are both involved in liberal political
causes. She is also noted for frequently appearing in her movies
dressed in off-shoulder garments.

In 2003, Susan Sarandon appeared in a "Love is Love is Love"
commercial, promoting the acceptance of gay, lesbian and
transgender individuals.

In 2005, Susan Sarandon hosted a section of the Live 8 concert
in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2006, she participated in the 2006
Winter Olympics opening ceremony by carrying the Olympic flag in
Turin.

Film List

Joe (1970)

Lady Liberty (1971)

Fleur bleue (The Apprentice) (1971)

Lovin' Molly (1974)

The Front Page (1974)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)

Dragonfly (1976)

Checkered Flag or Cash (1977)

The Last of the Cowboys (1977) (also co-producer)

The Other Side of Midnight (1977)

King of the Gypsies (1978)

Pretty Baby (1978)

Something Short of Paradise (1979)

Atlantic City (1980) – Academy Award nomination for Best
Actress

Loving Couples (1980)

Tempest (1982)

The Hunger (1983)

The Buddy System (1984)

Compromising Positions (1985)

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Mythos (1987)

Bull Durham (1988)

Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)

The January Man (1989)

A Dry White Season (1989)

Through the Wire (1990) (documentary) (narrator)

White Palace (1990)

Thelma & Louise (1991) – Academy Award nomination for
Best Actress

The Player (1992) (Cameo)

Light Sleeper (1992)

Bob Roberts (1992)

Lorenzo's Oil (1992) – Academy Award nomination for Best
Actress

Wilderness: The Last Stand (1993) (documentary)
(narrator)

The Client (1994) – Academy Award nomination for Best
Actress

Little Women (1994)

Safe Passage (1994)

The Celluloid Closet (1995) (documentary)

Dead Man Walking (1995) – Academy Award for Best Actress

Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American
Press (1996) (documentary) (narrator)

James and the Giant Peach (1996) (voice)

The Need to Know (1997) (documentary) (narrator)

Father Roy: Inside the School of Assassins (1997)
(documentary) (narrator)